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<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\nBaby L\u00c2\u00a0is in\u00c2\u00a0a stage where she wants to know “what’s that?” (except she only points), and I was looking for ways other than books to show her body parts.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I made up our tot baskets based on that, more than picking something she would choose to play with if she were picking something to play with on her own.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The majority of our tot school time was spent in song and fingerplays that talk about body parts, rather than focused on the tot baskets (I think we watched on DVD and performed “clap your hands” by they might giants about 500 times).\u00c2\u00a0 We did them in front of mirrors.\u00c2\u00a0 We did them using stickers, adhering one to whichever body part we were chanting<\/a> about. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Stomping to “Clap Your Hands” (the second verse is stomp your feet) by TMBG.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I’m missing pictures for a few activities this week; couldn’t find my camera for a couple days.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n –<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Tot Basket: Baby Doll \/ Play Doctor <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n First we read “Doctor for a Day” and then got out the basket.\u00c2\u00a0 While playing with the doll (she doesn’t have a ton of interest in them yet,\u00c2\u00a0but we have one that Grandma S gave us when Kidlet was learning to potty that came with a little potty chair), I’d say “Uh oh, baby\u00c2\u00a0has a boo-boo!\u00c2\u00a0 Where does she hurt?!” and wherever Baby L would touch, I’d stick a band-aid on and say “She has a boo-boo on her {insert body part here}”.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Vocabulary: Names of body parts, boo-boo, band-aid<\/span><\/p>\n – <\/span><\/p>\n Tot Basket:\u00c2\u00a0 Mr. Potato Head <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I had doubts that Baby L would be able to actually assemble Mr. Potato Head, but it provided opportunity to name each part; and they were 3-D pieces she could pick up instead of just a flat picture.\u00c2\u00a0 As she picked up a piece,\u00c2\u00a0I’d name the part and give a small fact like “That’s the eyes.\u00c2\u00a0 We see with our eyes.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n –<\/span><\/p>\n Tot Basket: Hand puzzle<\/a>, layered body puzzle<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\u00c2\u00a0 Obviously there was no expectation that Baby L would be *assembling* the puzzles.\u00c2\u00a0 As with Mr. Potato Head, I was naming whatever she picked up and tried to give a small fact about that part.<\/span><\/p>\n –<\/span><\/p>\n Tot Basket:\u00c2\u00a0 Counting Bees and Bee Hive<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(no longer sold).\u00c2\u00a0 This is a toy I bought some years back from Lillian Vernon for Kidlet.\u00c2\u00a0 I was amazed to discover that I was able to find all 10 bees (all over the house!)since Kidlet hasn’t played with it in ages.<\/span><\/p>\n I put this in because I had a bumblebee\/bodypart chant, and also because its just something she likes to do — stuffing the little bees into the holes.\u00c2\u00a0 In the picture she had just picked up a bee after we were done playing and started making it kiss her own toes.\u00c2\u00a0 Definitely my favorite moment of totschool this week!<\/span><\/p>\n Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee<\/strong> (tune: Jingle Bells)<\/p>\n Bumblebee, bumblebee, now he’s on my nose. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n A Bee is on Me<\/strong><\/p>\n A bee is on my bonnet A bee is in my hair The bee is near my socks – <\/span><\/p>\n Crafts: Make a Face<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n I cut out some eyes, ears, mouths and noses from magazines to glue (mommy did the glue) onto a paper plate to make a face.\u00c2\u00a0 The hair is some doll hair stuff I had bought a long time ago.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t glue it on, but put it in place to try and show her that this was a face, and what was the top of the head.\u00c2\u00a0 I recited one of our rhymes, then repeated a line as she did that part of the face.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n Well, she didn’t want to stop at 2 eyes and 1 mouth.\u00c2\u00a0 Other than that, she did a really good job getting the features into generally the right part of the face!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n –<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Various cards.\u00c2\u00a0 We used her Wimmer-Ferguson gallery cards to pick out facial features on different animals and people.\u00c2\u00a0 I also made our own body part flashcards using pictures of her own body parts.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here she is showing me “Where are your ears?” without putting the cards down \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here are the flash cards made with pictures of her.\u00c2\u00a0 The plan was to make a ziploc bag or paperbag book for her with a full body shot at the end, all with labels, but\u00c2\u00a0I didn’t get that far.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d say “This is Baby L’s mouth!” and tap the card, and then say it again and tap her mouth.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I would ask her to find the hand, or ear or whatever.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n She was sitting in my lap while we did this, so no pictures with her.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n –<\/span><\/p>\n I also tried the “Make Your Body Like This Cards<\/a>” from Today Is Fun!<\/a>, but as of yet, it’s too advanced for her.\u00c2\u00a0 Kidlet enjoyed them ;)\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n – <\/span><\/p>\n Nursery Rhymes & Songs:\u00c2\u00a0 Fingers and Toes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Milkshake<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(one of my favorite kids music bands; grownups can listen to it without going mad), Clap Your Hands \u00e2\u20ac\u201c They Might Be Giants<\/a> (another goodie.\u00c2\u00a0 I spent my teen years listening to thier “grown up” music, and I love thier kids CDs), Hokey Pokey, Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, This Little Piggy, Little Girl with a Little Curl, Little Jack Horner<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n On topic books we read this week: Find a Face<\/a>, Parts<\/a>, Doctor for a Day<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(out of print), I Get Dressed (from Gymboree, out of print), Baby Faces<\/a>, Toddler Two<\/a>, Where is Baby’s Belly Button<\/a>, My First Body Board Book <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n On topic snacks this week:\u00c2\u00a0 Sandwiches cut with boy and girl cutters, ham and cheese stackers cut with hand shaped cutter, <\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n New sign: <\/span>See<\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Make the letter “V” with your hand, hold it near your eyes and then move it away and down.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Find more terrific tot school posts <\/a>over at 1+ 1 + 1 = 1<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c2\u00a0 I should mention that while I pick a theme for the week, that doesn’t mean we aren’t talking about that topic at other times.\u00c2\u00a0 I just like having a theme to help me pick the toys and activities for the week.\u00c2\u00a0 We won’t suddenly stop trying to teach Baby L about her body parts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1656,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/1656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/totschool15.jpg\" "\\"totschool1\\"")
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\nlanding on my toes.
\nBumblebee, bumblebee,<\/p>\n
\nOn my arms, on my legs, on my elbows.
\nBumblebee, oh\u00c2\u00a0 bumblebee he lands and then he goes.<\/p>\n
\nA bee is on my nose,
\nA bee is on my shoulder
\nA bee is even on my toes.<\/p>\n
\nA bee is in my pants,
\nA bee is in my ears
\nA bee is making me dance.<\/p>\n
\nThe bee is near my shoes,
\nSPLAT!
\nBee, I know how to take care of you!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/totschool54.jpg\" "\\"totschool5\\"")
<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTwo little eyes to look around, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\nTwo little ears to hear each sound, <\/span><\/span><\/pre>\nOne little nose to smell what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sweet,<\/span><\/pre>\nOne little mouth that likes to eat!<\/span><\/pre>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/totschool64.jpg\" "\\"totschool6\\"")
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